Improvement in hay-presses



I. R. KULP. Hay-Press.

No. 210,542 Patented Dec. 3,1878.

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ISAAC R. KULP, OF HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 210,542, dated December3, 1878 application iiled i October 16, 1878.

To all rwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC R. KULP, of Hateld, in the county' ofMontgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hay and other Presses, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a front elevation of the press `a shaft having a drumand rope, which latter is connected to the rack of the head or followerand wound on the drum by a suitable weight, so as to automaticallyelevate said head or follower and means for permitting two or morepressing heads or followers to be operated simultaneously or separately.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the pressbox, and B thefollower, which may be operated in any well-known or desired manner. C Crepresent heads or followers, which are connected to vertical rack-barsD D', which move in proper guides and mesh with pinions E E', whoseshaft E" is mounted on bearings supported on the frame-work of the box,and is rotated by a wheel, a, to which power is communicatedin anysuitable manner.

Secured to rack-bars are ropes or chains F F', which are adapted to bewound on and unwound from drums G G', whose shaft H is mounted at ornear the top of the box A, and to said shaft is also connected aweighted rope or chain, J, which winds and nnwinds in reverse order tothe ropes or chains F F'.

The operation is as follows: The followers C C' being raised, hay orother material is placed in the box A, and power then communicated tothe wheel a, whereby the followers descend and pack the hay. The wheel ais then let go, and immediately the weight of the cord, rope, or chain Jrotates the shaft H in such direction that the ropes F F' areimmediately and quickly wound on the drums G G', thns imparting rapidrising motions to the rackbars D D', and elevating the followers C C. Afresh quantity of hay is then placed in the press, and power againimparted to the wheel a, thus overcoming the weight of the rope or chainJ and forcing` down the followers C C', so as to continue the packingoperations, which being accomplished, the followers being elevated, thetop doors or boards are applied to the box A, and the pressingoperations may then be begun.

It will be noticed that the packing of the hay is performed by simple,powerful, and reliable means, entirely obviating the entrance oftheworkman into the pressing box or chamber.

In some cases it may be desirable to pack and press but a single bale.To provide for this the pinion E is connected to the shaft E" by asliding joint, and the drum Gr to the shaft H by a clutch, b, whereby,by shifting the pinion E from the rack D and the clutch b from the drumG, the relative rack-bar D is rendered inoperative, and the drum Gremains loosevon the shaft H, without, however, affecting the operationof the other follower, rackbar, and drum.

The levers of the shifting pinion E and y ISAAC It. KULP.

Witnesses JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, WM. A. WRIGHT.

